Dark Lines Of London

By Stephen Saleh &Tony Lee

Factual Information That Provides the Backdrop to the Story

Introduction

Dark Lines of London is a pseudo-historical thriller with touches of sci-fi in the Da Vinci
Code genre.
Spun off historical facts and characters, it is a quintessentially British time-travel story
with a strong conspiracy and government cover-up twist.

The book is set mainly in Greenwich and the Docklands areas of London, with a storyline
centered on events in the 16th Century and the present day, and is an imaginative
reinterpretation of undisputed historical facts.
The action is based around a real ley line which runs from All Saints church in
Blackheath, SE London through to Queen Mary’s College (QMC) in Mile End, East
London, and runs through the former sites of two nuclear reactors, one of which was
based in Sir Christopher Wren’s Royal Maritime College.

The protagonist Sam, a university student, becomes embroiled in a seemingly

unconnected series of events whilst working on a research project. He is led in to a shady
world of sinister government agencies and bizarre historical legends, including the early
development of the British Empire, that results in him communicating with Dr John Dee,
Elizabeth I’s alchemist and confidant, and playwright Christopher Marlowe, in the year
1602.

Sam soon realizes that he has been guided to this destiny since his birth, and his future
actions could have significant consequences and actually change history.

The ley line was discovered by chance by Stephen Saleh after researching John Dee who,
according to legend, conjured a spirit on the Isle of Dogs, East London, and made a deal
to establish the British Empire.
The line is marked out with various historically significant architecture which we will
detail below.
Only the key markers are listed, there are dozens of additional features along its length.
The Ley Line
Ley Line Features

1 Queen Mary’s College, Mile End London.

Queen Mary’s College is one of London’s leading universities and was

the site for a test nuclear reactor from 1964 to 1982

2 St Annes Church, Limehouse.

Nicholas Hawksmoor’s
Church with the “Wisdom Of Solomon”
Pyramid in the graveyard

3 & 4 One Canada Square

The iconic tower at Canary Wharf.

The south west corner of its pyramid
roof, if extended down to ground level,
rests on point 4 on the ley line.

5 M1 & M2

M1 & M2 are two circles

interconnected by a path in Mudchute
Park, Isle of Dogs. Marked out in
stone, they have no known origin or
use, but lie exactly along the ley line.
Legend has it that Dee demonstrated
his power to Christoper Marlowe at this spot.
6 Monas Hieroglyphica & Woman and Fish Statue

Dee’s symbol, The Monas

Hieroglyphica, is partially
represented in the path ways
of Millwall Park, with the ley
line in red perfectly aligned
with it.
The almond shape created by
intersecting circles, or in
Dee’s case, circle and semi-
circle, is known as Vesica
Piscis, “Vessel of the Fish”.
It’s used in sacred and occult
symbolism to represent the
female.

Today , the centre of the circle in Millwall Park is conveniently marked by the symbolic
statue shown below “Woman and Fish”, with the Canary Wharf pyramid in the
background.

7 Royal Naval College

Completed in 1712, Christopher Wren’s building is
now Greenwich University.
The ley line passes straight down the middle of the
beautifully symmetrical building.
From 1962 to 1996, the building held the JASON
nuclear reactor, the 2nd operational nuclear reactor
on the ley line.
8 The Queens House

The Queen’s house was designed by

renowned architect Inigo Jones and was
built for Anne of Denmark, the Queen of
King James I of England.
Again, the ley line passes exactly
through the centre of the distinctly
symmetrical building.

9 General Wolfe Statue

General Wolfe commanded the British

forces at Quebec against the French and
won a great victory, taking Canada for the
British, but at the cost of his own life.
His statue marks the point on the ley line
where it crosses the Greenwich Meridian.
The picture to the left shows the
Greenwich Observatory adjacent.

10 All Saints Church, Blackheath

All Saints Church is at the southern tip of the ley

line and is situated on the wide open space that is
Blackheath Common.
Strangely enough it is shown on ordnance survey
maps as having 666 pews.
In addition to the ley line, the blue line above represents a line drawn between Sir
Christopher Wren’s St Pauls Cathedral and Monument, his dome and obelisk. In
symbolic architecture, a dome and obelisk are often built together to signify male and
female, and Wren’s dome and Monument obelisk hint at this symbolism.
When the line is extended out to the ley line, it crosses at exactly point 6, the Woman and
Fish statue in the centre of Dee’s Monas symbol.

The yellow line is the Greenwich meridian and can be seen crossing at the General Wolfe
statue.
Dr John Dee

Dr. John Dee was Queen Elizabeth I’s adviser and confidant, as well as being an
astrologer, astronomer, alchemist and occultist among other things, and he also first
coined the phrase and concept of British Empire.
He allegedly contacted angels as a "scryer" or crystal-gazer, talking with them through
the use of a crystal ball or mirrors.

In around 1555, John Dee travelled to Paris where he met Gulielmus Postellus, an
intellectual who dreamed of establishing a world government and religion.
He wrote the Monas Hieroglyphica (MH) in 1564 and awarded it to King Maximillian II
of Hungary, The Holy Roman Emperor.
This is Dee's enigmatic treatise on symbolic language and although published in 1564 at
age 37, he considered it valuable throughout his life. The Monas is a highly esoteric work
and within it he claims himself in possession of the most secret mysteries. He wrote it in
twelve days while apparently in a peak mystical state: “[I am] the pen merely of [God]
Whose Spirit, quickly writing these things through me, I wish and I hope to be.” He
claimed it would revolutionize astronomy, alchemy, mathematics, linguistics, mechanics,
music, optics, magic, and adeptship.
The MH discussed the design and use of the eponymous occult symbol (below), which
Dee would eventually use as his own personal symbol.
John Dee’s artifacts that appear in the story are on display at the British museum.
Amongst the collection is his crystal scrying ball, black obsidian mirror and wax seals.
Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe, the first master of blank verse, was born in 1564, and lived for
twenty nine intriguing years. The son of a shoemaker, he attended Cambridge University
on a scholarship from the Archbishop of Canterbury, where he earned a Bachelor's
degree. The scholarship had been given with the understanding that Marlowe would
become a minister, but Marlowe seems to have had other ideas. Cambridge awarded him
a M.A., but only at the behest of the Queen's Privy Council, possibly as part of his
compensation for espionage conducted on the continent. He then left Cambridge to write
plays for the blossoming theaters of London. A member of the School of Night, along
with Sir Walter Raleigh and the mathematician John Dee, Marlowe was also suspected of
homosexuality and atheism, and was actually picked up and questioned about the latter
just days before his death in a barroom brawl--which itself has led to speculation about
assassination or even a faked death.

School Of Night
The School Of Night was an underground sect of artists, thinkers, writers, scientists and
spies, all brought together under their common Atheist beliefs.
Walter Raleigh, Dee and Marlowe are all thought to have been active members of the
group who some scholars believe collaborated on the writing of Shakespeare’s plays..
Time line of related historical events
John Dee 1527 – 1608
Sir Francis Walsingham QE1 Spymaster 1532 - 1590
Francis Drake 1540 - 1596
Walter Raleigh 1554 - 1618
Queen Elizabeth I reign 1558 - 1603
John Dee wrote Monas Hieroglyphica 1564
Christopher Marlowe 1564 – 1593
William Shakespeare 1564 - 1616
Drake’s circumnavigation 1577 – 1580
Francis Drake lands in California 1579
Drake declares Nova Albion in N. America 1579
Drake knighted on Golden Hind, Deptford. 1581
Raleigh knighted 1585
King James I reign 1603 - 1625
Queen’s House Greenwich start and fin 1614 – 1617
Raleigh beheaded 1618
Sir Christopher Wren 1632 – 1723
Nicholas Hawksmoor 1661 - 1736
Great Fire of London 1666
St Pauls Cathedral built 1669 - 1711
Monument start and fin 1671 – 1677
Observatory start and fin 1675 -1676
Sam Harrison (Inventor of Longitude clock) 1693 – 1776
Royal Naval College, Greenwich built 1696 – 1712
Hawksmoor’s St Alfege Greenwich 1714 -1718
General James Wolfe 1727 – 1759
Hawksmoor’s St Annes, Limehouse 1730
Meridian line established 1851
All Saints Blackheath built 1857
Queen Mary College built 1886 – 1892
Greenwich foot tunnel 1902
RNC Nuclear reactor installed 1962 – 1996
Harold Macmillan Prime minister 1957 – 1963
JFK visits Macmillan at his house, 30/6/63
Alec Douglas Home Prime minister Oct 63 – Oct 64
Harold Wilson Prime minister 1964 – 1970
QMC reactor operational 1964 -1967
Canary Wharf started 1988
One Canada Square (Canary Wharf Tower) completed 1991